Name: Ogallala livestock auction prices — 2025-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers sold mixed to 15.00 down except 550 - 600 lbs was 8.00 higher. Heifers sold mixed except 600 - 700 lbs was 11.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on a very windy day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.91/cwt on 306 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −19.08 against this barn's trailing median of $501.99.

Average price

$482.91

306 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,656

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$38.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.40

vs NE average

+38.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	493.72	2,692	220
Medium and Large 1-2	563	455.24	2,561	86

One grade step is worth $38.48/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $528.56, low $482.91, median $501.99 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale306 hd

482.91

—

NE average7 barns · 2,041 hd

471.51

+11.40

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+38.81

This barn, trailing median15 sales

501.99

−19.08

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

43 lots · USDA AMS · Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	811	358.50/cwt	358.50–358.50	2,907	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	459.01/cwt	452.00–474.00	2,612	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	558.85/cwt	557.50–560.00	2,090	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,540	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	655	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,679	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	353.77/cwt	350.00–359.50	2,929	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	2,109	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,408	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	3,075	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	519.97/cwt	515.00–522.00	1,976	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,975	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	285.71/cwt	285.50–286.00	2,803	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	636	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,506	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	280.79/cwt	280.00–284.00	3,139	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	739	375.52/cwt	373.00–377.00	2,775	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	372.63/cwt	370.00–378.00	2,702	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	516.16/cwt	495.00–521.00	2,787	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,951	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	433.90/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,560	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,463	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	523	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,615	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,069	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	386.30/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,422	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,322	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,369	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	682	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,469	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,300	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	415.68/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,382	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	379.29/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,575	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	465.15/cwt	452.50–472.50	2,228	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	593	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,313	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	396.67/cwt	387.00–404.00	2,654	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,314	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	413.36/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,646	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	527.57/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,458	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	511	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,721	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	890	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	3,208	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	336.69/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,916	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	503	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,213	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,047	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,318	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,344	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	476.58/cwt	476.00–478.00	2,550	43

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ogallala Livestock Auction - Ogallala, NE

Thu Dec 18, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 2,570Last week 6,230Year ago 4,773

Compared to last week, steers sold mixed to 15.00 down except 550 - 600 lbs was 8.00 higher. Heifers sold mixed except 600 - 700 lbs was 11.00 higher. Demand was good to moderate on a very windy day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	523	500.00	500.00
70	600–650	636	394.00	394.00
75	650–700	655	409.00	409.00
163	700–750	739	373.00–377.00	375.52
64	800–850	811	358.50	358.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	374	557.50–560.00	558.85
12	400–450	436	582.50	582.50
36	450–500	466	520.00–535.00	527.57
60	500–550	540	495.00–521.00	516.16
97	550–600	569	452.00–474.00	459.01
59	600–650	640	400.00–417.00	413.36
147	650–700	669	387.00–404.00	396.67
70	700–750	725	370.00–378.00	372.63
53	800–850	828	350.00–359.50	353.77
65	850–900	866	332.00–340.00	336.69
10	900–950	908	325.00	325.00
42	950–1000	983	310.00	310.00
48	1000–1050	1,045	317.50	317.50
25	1100–1150	1,118	280.00–284.00	280.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	436	537.50	537.50
39	450–500	483	510.00	510.00
43	500–550	535	476.00–478.00	476.58
43	550–600	590	432.50–435.00	433.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	500–550	511	532.50	532.50
62	850–900	890	360.50	360.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	380	515.00–522.00	519.97
10	400–450	433	487.00	487.00
107	450–500	479	452.50–472.50	465.15
28	500–550	502	472.00	472.00
167	550–600	573	405.00–425.00	415.68
53	600–650	627	385.00–390.00	386.30
61	650–700	679	375.00–389.00	379.29
10	700–750	702	343.00	343.00
21	950–1000	981	285.50–286.00	285.71
11	1050–1100	1,053	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	393	502.50	502.50
6	450–500	465	445.00	445.00
15	500–550	535	432.50	432.50
14	550–600	575	400.00	400.00
9	600–650	645	360.00	360.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	503	440.00	440.00
49	550–600	593	390.00	390.00
61	650–700	682	362.00	362.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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